Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Bibb, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Bibb registered to vote in Walker County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Samuel Bibb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Bibb
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bibb in Walker County
- Zack Bibbborn in Alabama
Bibbs elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 20 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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